David Cohen
CEO and Founder of TechStars, active seed stage Internet investor
Aol Snaps Up Hyper-Local Photosharing App Hipster
The company’s investors include Google Ventures, Lightbank, 500 Startups, Mitch Kapor, Dave McClure/500 Startups, Lightbank, Charles River Ventures, Max Ventilla, TechStars David Cohen and David Tisch, Google’s Don Dodge, Paige Craig, Ludlow Ventures, and Lerer Ventures. [Anthony Ha ... Read more »
U.S. Accelerator TechStars Goes Global, Merges With UK’s Springboard And Opens Its First Internation...
David Cohen, the CEO and founder of TechStars, tells TechCrunch that TechStars is taking over all of Springboard’s operations — which include accelerators focused on web, mobile and Internet of Things technology. “Springboard will no longer operate after the upcoming IOT program,” he ... Read more »
TechStars Arrives In Austin, Will Launch First Program In August
TechStars, the popular startup accelerator with locations in Boston, Boulder, New York, Seattle, London, and more, has today announced an expansion to Austin, Texas – a city TechStars founder and CEO David Cohen refers to as the “natural next stop for us” in this morning’s announcement ... Read more »
TechStars Alum EverTrue Lands $5.25M From Bain, David Cohen, Bonobos CEO To Reinvent Fundraising In...
The round also included participation from its existing investors, including Boston Seed Capital, TechStars CEO David Cohen, Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn and Trunk Club CEO Brian Spaly. As a new investor, Bain Capital joins EverTrue’s roster of higher education angel investors, like Harvard ... Read more »
TechStars Goes National With ‘Microinternships’ For Middle School Kids
The founder of TechStars, David Cohen, teamed up with Centennial Middle School educator Joshua Feiger to coordinate the program. They started working together in 2009, when Feiger invited Cohen to speak to the Entrepreneurs Project school assembly, inspiring kids to learn about ... Read more »
Nicole Glaros Will Be Running TechStars NYC This Spring In Place Of David Tisch
Techstars founder David Cohen says Glaros will be relocated to NYC until a permanent replacement for Tisch is found. Then she'll train the replacement and return to Boulder. Cohen will also frequent the NYC program this spring. "Of all of our Managing Directors nationally, Nicole ... Read more »
TechStars’ David Cohen on transparency, growth and funding trends
TechStars’ David Cohen on transparency, growth and funding trends When TechStars launched in 2006, it was intended to be a startup program for the mellow mountain town of Boulder, Colo. Six years later, it’s spread to four other cities, spawned an international network of accelerators... Read more »
How Solo Founders Beat The Odds and Get Into Top Accelerators
“Also, the moral weight of starting a company can be very hard to bear alone.” The founder and chief executive of TechStars, David Cohen agrees, noting, “In the context of TechStars…you have to meet with mentors, build your product, fundraise and more, all at once, in a very tight ... Read more »
For Startup Accelerators, (Class) Size Does Matter
We’ve found that you can’t give them meaningful attention once you have too many,” said TechStars founder David Cohen, adding that with 10 companies they actually get to know each other personally and form peer networks. ”I think if you’re doing more [companies] than that you’re mostly ... Read more »
Fund gives "28 million ways to help" Internet startups
Founder of Techstars David Cohen, speaks to the crowd during a Boulder-based TechStars program at the Boulder Theater in 2011. (RJ Sangosti, Denver Post file) Are you an Internet startup looking for seed financing? Read on. TechStars founder David Cohen last week closed a $28 ... Read more »
TechStars founder Cohen takes flight as ‘super angel’
Denver Business Journal by Greg Avery, Reporter Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 2:13pm MST - Last Modified: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 2:18pm MST David Cohen, founder and CEO of TechStars, in a 2009 photo. David Cohen, the quiet Boulderite who founded the TechStars startup ... Read more »
TechStars founder David Cohen turns “power angel” — raises $28M fund
David Cohen, founder of TechStars, a well-known incubator of start-ups, has emerged as one of them — and he’s doing it by focusing his energies outside of Silicon Valley. He’s just finished raising his own second seed fund, totaling $28M, which like his first fund is completely ... Read more »
TechStars taps former NEA venture capitalist Eugene Chung to lead NYC program
In a blog post Thursday, TechStars founder and CEO David Cohen said Chung had been selected to replace David Tisch, who stepped down last August. New York entrepreneurs, here’s a name you’re going to want to remember. On Thursday, startup accelerator TechStars announced that it had ... Read more »
TechStars NYC Poaches Eugene Chung, a VC at NEA, to Replace David Tisch
But TechStars CEO and founder David Cohen dismissed those worries, pointing to “heavy inbound interest” in the role. Today, he announced his new hire from the 35 candidates interviewed: Eugene Chung, a former venture capitalist with New Enterprise Associates. NEA has been making a number ... Read more »
Investors Wonder About the Future of TechStars New York
... return their money .” “I’m not sure why you’d say there’s an overall constriction based on one data point on the opposite side of the country,” TechStars founder and CEO David Cohen retorted by email when we brought up changes at Y Combinator as a sign of things to come for other accelerators... Read more »
Overweight Executives Face Key Health Risk Factors: Retrofit Weight Loss Yields High Results
Foundry Group’s Managing Director Brad Feld and TechStars Founder and CEO David Cohen, share their secrets to weight loss success on the Retrofit Weight Loss program. Retrofit Weight Loss, the expert-led data-driven approach to weight loss, is leading the industry in changing the ... Read more »
TechStars CEO, David Cohen, Invests in Boulder, Colo.-Based Merchant Service Provider, AdvoCharge -...
See more news releases in: Retail, Banking & Financial Services BOULDER, Colo., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AdvoCharge, a Boulder, Colorado-based independent merchant service provider, announced today that it received an investment from TechStars CEO and co-founder, David Cohen, to be ... Read more »
Make a Winning TechStars Application Video
David Tisch, the managing director of TechStars NY, and David Cohen, who founded TechStars and serves as the accelerator's CEO, tell me they've watched about 10,000 application videos. At this point, it's safe to say they know what works—and what doesn't. "When I watch a video, I'm ... Read more »
David Cohen: 4 Tips for a TechStars-Worthy Demo
David Cohen is the founder and CEO of TechStars. Previously, he founded several software and Web technology companies. David is an active start-up advocate, advisor, board member, and technology advisor who comments on these topics on his blog at DavidGCohen.com. @davidcohen ... Read more »
Startup Accelerator Excelerate Labs Becomes TechStars Chicago
David Cohen, CEO and founder of Techstars, announced the partnership earlier today on the startup accelerator’s website. He said that both himself and Brad Feld, another co-founder of Techstars, have been “close” to Excelerate Labs since they started in 2010, advising Sam and Toy but ... Read more »
